I wanted to share an incredible article I recently ran across, by Rosalind Eyben on Contestations: Dialogues on Women’s Empowerment: Recent years have seen a marked shift in official development discourse, with less emphasis on a rights-based approach and more on an efficiency approach to gender equality, a tone set by the World Bank’s 2006…
This post is a bit late to the party — but I figure, better late than never, right? A few weeks back, a famous blogger named Heather Armstrong, aka Dooce, had a post where she talked about a sponsored trip to Bangladesh. She was essentially invited to go to Bangladesh for a week, take pictures,…
The following is a generous guest post by talented blogger Makafui Fiavi. Thanks, Mak, for telling your story on my blog! I never imagined that my personal experiences would be directly related to my first job out of college. My name is Makafui Fiavi, and I’m a program Liaison for the College Partnership Program, a…
Last week, I had the incredible opportunity to attend the National Forum on the Human Right to Housing, held by the National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. Since my work centers around housing and civil rights, it was truly a privilege to be able to hear from homelessness, housing, civil rights and human rights…
Today, I’d like to feature a new online initiative called FITE: Financial Independence Through Entrepreneurship. FITE is a global empowerment platform powered by Kiva.org. FITE is intended to provide women entrepreneurs access to small loans that will help them start or grow a business, and to help educate the public about the benefits of empowering…
As an undergrad, I took an (amazing) class on Sudan and human rights, where we read an enlightening book: Emma’s War by Deborah Scroggins. Emma McCune is a British aid worker who goes to Sudan in love with the romantic, idealistic desire to help others and also immerse herself in an exotic adventure. She fell…
Based in New York, Sanctuary for Families provides domestic violence victims, sex trafficking victims, and their children with a range of comprehensive services. I love Sanctuary for Families because the non-profit truly embodies the holistic perspective that I see a strong need for. Although their services are currently in New York, their model provides an…
By now, I am sure many of you have heard of the raging controversy over the work and story of ‘Three Cups of Tea‘ writer and Central Asia Institute Founder, Greg Mortenson. Recently, a 60 Minutes piece came out with allegations against Greg Mortenson, and this was followed by an excellent 90-page report by Jon…
In her article, “Spring in Afghanistan, Part 2,” Anna Badhken of Foreign Policy writes (emphasis mine): This year, the government in Kabul drafted a new set of rules that, if approved, will require the women who seek refuge to justify their flight from home before an eight-member government panel, which then will determine whether they…
This past weekend, in my efforts to regain some optimism after heartbreaking news regarding mob violence in Afghanistan, I began reading Stones into Schools, Greg Mortenson’s second book about the Central Asia Institute’s expansion from remote regions of Pakistan into the Wakhan Corridor, Afghanistan and Pakistan-controlled Azad Kashmir. The book impresses me so far, and…
